The Secret Society of Lathe Trolls

The photo is not mine, but I can confirm that the swarf looks like this regardless of the audio and even on silent cutting. I managed to solve the problem. There are an many helpful tips here in the forum regarding this problem (e.g. room temperature, humidity, heating, stylus weight, seasonal diffe...

After the system has been working well for years in this regard, I encountered the frizzled swarf problem "almost overnight". After a few seconds to a few minutes of cutting, the chip gets frizzled and drops from suction, even when I increase the suction power in a way that it is audible on the cut....

Did something similar in a table, where the input data are: disc diameter, label diameter, rpm, program lenght, no of tracks, width of track separation, width of lead in/lead out. The result is the distance the head travels in 1 min, in 1 rotation and LPI. Obviously this works only without automatic...

Had the same configuration (Technics 1200 and precision plate, without motor) No significant improvement in w/f, but I was worried about the force on the bearing because the 1200 was probably not designed for such heavy platters. Now I use a Technics SP-10. For cuts up to 12’ no platter is needed. P...

Thanks for this detailed reply. I think I will look for a TT500 just in case.

We wrote a short blog about this https://spinnertownblanks.com/blogs/spinner-town-blog/budget-turntable-replacement-for-a-vr-t560 Many thanks for the blog. I switched from a Technics 1210 to an SP10-MKII that I was able to buy at a reasonable price and I'm very happy with it, even if I think the pl...

Is there still any troll in the project and has received the updates #24 and #25?
Although there was a lot of information I am a little uncertain what this all means...

to figure out if the meter is working correctly, take it out of the signal chain. send a 1 khz tone directly to it from the source, then plug and unplug output cables or headphones to see what happens? for what it's worth, a lot of folks (myself included) have done away with the Mixer and various p...

Thank you @ tragwag: the signal chain is standard VR setup without optimizer (at least I thought it is): source -> mixer -> main unit -> amp -> cutter head and a parallel stream source -> mixer - monitor switcher - VU meter -> headphones @ Sylvere: yes, headphone is connected direct to the audio out...

After a very long break - during which I may have forgotten almost everything about the VR - I would now like to start cutting again. While looking for an answer to my question about the VU meter from IMG Stageline, I came across this discussion. When I connect the headphones to the output of the VU...

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Although picture discs look great, I want to concentrate on black records in the future. therefore I'm selling my complete "Production Toolbox" (laminator, hole puncher, manual, countersink drill) including 15 sets of 12” picture discs (2 blanks per set) and 8 sets of 7” picture discs (2 blanks per ...

Hi, I’m selling the Vinyl Optimizer that came with the original VR setup. I don’t use it because I apply its functions in my DAW. Great if you have not recordable signals and want to eliminate them in a 100% analog and simple way. Located in Switzerland. Shipping from here is very expensive therefor...

have a look here: https://gies.de/katalog/giesline/vorratsdose-rund/ (site in German only) This is the original lid that came with the VR. Costs around EUR 4.- Haven‘t found this product in a (online-)shop. Made a call to a very friendly person from the „Verkauf“ team and she was so kind to arrange ...

Thanks! I didn't know about the existence of an "inrush current limiter". So, do you use one of these? Are there any bad 'side-effects'?
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I use one of these, works fine and no problems observed so far. It's the same model that was used during the training in Germany.
Hope that helps.

I have the same setup and hat the same effect -not very pleasant if all is prepared and you are ready to start cutting...
Go for something like this:
https://de.elv.com/elv-230v-einschaltstrombegrenzer-esb-54-2-105772

As far as I can remember, it was mentioned in the training that fixing a blown cutter head costs 800 EUR. Luckily the cutter head of my VR is not (yet) broken -fingers crossed. I have a good contact with the manufacturer of the VR. In case of a blown head I would probably contact him and get hopeful...